Ned Hardy
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When people talk about giant corporations, the conversation usually turns into a contest to name the worst ones. But a recent Reddit thread flipped the question on its head by asking something much more interesting: Which large companies have managed to become successful without becoming terrible?
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Above 26,000 ft (8,000 meters), the human body is dying. There is not enough oxygen to sustain life, only to delay its ending, and every hour spent there draws down a reserve that cannot be refilled.
Most climbers who die on Everest do not fall. They run out of time. About six in ten deaths happen on the way down, when the summit has already been won and the mountain collects what it is owed.
This quiz isn’t about gear or elevation records. It’s about judgment, in the one place on earth where your brain is too starved of oxygen to make good decisions. Each scenario puts you in the Death Zone facing choices real climbers have faced. Pick the option you think gets you home—and find out whether you’d have come down that mountain.
Omaha Beach was the bloodiest few hours of the war for the men who landed there.
The plan came apart almost immediately. Boats landed in the wrong places, officers fell in the first minutes, and the men who made it ashore found a beach nothing had prepared them for. What happened next came down to a series of choices, made in seconds, under fire.
This quiz isn’t about generals or dates. It’s about judgment, in the worst hour of the twentieth century. Each scenario puts you on that beach at 6:30 on the morning of June 6, 1944, facing choices real men faced. Pick the option you think gives you the best chance—and find out whether you’d have made it off Omaha, or been left in the surf.
There are some lessons you only need to learn once.
The problem is that some mistakes don’t give you a second chance.
Most of us spend very little time thinking about what we’d do if someone started choking, if we got caught in a rip current, if we came across someone having a seizure, or if we found ourselves stranded in the wilderness. We assume those situations happen to other people, right up until they don’t.
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I thought I’d be able to sneak away and update the site today, but I
wildly overestimated how much free time I’d have. 😅
Turns out having a newborn means every plan is really just a suggestion.
I’ll be back at it as soon as I can. Thanks for your emails and for sticking with me!
Hey Everybody,
Just wanted to give you an update on my whereabouts for the past week. Me and my wife just had a baby! And so the site, sleep and sanity have taken a backseat to her. We recently got to a point where we can have some consistency in our schedule and I think I can resume updating again tomorrow! Thanks for your patience over the past week!
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There are some days from childhood you remember forever. The first bike ride without training wheels. The first sleepover. The first time you stayed out until the streetlights came on.
But the funny thing is… the moments that change your life the most usually don’t announce themselves.
[Read more…] about The Good Old Days Never Tell You They’re Leaving
